Cananau Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Cananau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 248 | 1:14,360 | 2,463 |
| Romania | 169 | 1:118,804 | 13,142 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Cananau (129) may also be a first name.
Cananau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cananau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cananau is more frequently found in Moldova than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Cananau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cananau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 686,443rd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cananau reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Cananau is also the 818,356th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 129 people.
The last name is most widely held in Moldova, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 14,360. In Moldova Cananau is primarily found in: Căușeni District, where 36 percent live, Nisporeni District, where 23 percent live and Edineț District, where 20 percent live. Aside from Moldova it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 39 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cananau
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